The news about Florida’s property insurance market is not particularly sunny these days. Headlines are full of insurers pulling out of the state, premiums shooting up, and homeowners with insurance bills higher than their mortgages. But for all the doom and gloom, there are signs that the Sunshine State is turning its dysfunctional insurance market
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Back in 2017, the families of children in some of California’s worst-performing public schools sued the state for failing to teach low-income black and Hispanic children how to read. This led to a legal settlement in which the state’s 75 worst-performing elementary schools agreed to invest in evidence-based reading instructionthat is, in training teachers to
Retailers in crime-riddled San Francisco are abandoning their self-checkout lanes in a defensive retailing move to counter surging thefts in the city. A Safeway supermarket in San Francisco’s Fillmore District and a Target on Mission Street closed their self-checkout kiosks to customers a change that other stores across the troubled city may follow, SFGate reported.
Numerous Muslim men in Gaza came to Christianity in recent days after seeing Jesus in their dreams in what is being described as a miracle, according to a new report from underground Christians in the region. The report was first posted online by author and Christian apologist Michael Licona, who said, God is working in the
The risks of the Federal Reserve moving too far with interest rate hikes, and slowing the economy more than necessary, have become “more balanced” with those of not moving high enough to control inflation, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday in remarks reaffirming the central bank’s intent to be cautious in its upcoming monetary
The price of gold struck an all-time high on Monday, surging as much as 3% to trade at $2,135 per troy ounce as the US dollar fell. Though gold futures have since dipped slightly — to roughly $2,080 in early morning trades — the price of the precious yellow metal hasn’t these levels since August
TIME has selected Taylor Swift as Person of the Year, marking Swift as the fourth solo Person of the Year born in the past half-century to be named to the top spot. Swift, 33, has a litany of records and awards spanning her 17-year career. Among the many, she has more No. 1 albums than any
Loading… Loading… The major cryptocurrencies displayed a mixed performance on Sunday evening as Bitcoin, the worlds largest cryptocurrency, seemed to be undergoing a correction, while some altcoins were experiencing significant gains.CryptocurrencyGains +/-Price (Recorded 9:30 p.m. EST)Bitcoin BTC/USD -4.37%$41,846Ethereum ETH/USD +5.17%$2,351Dogecoin DOGE/USD -3.88%$0.095 What Happened: Bitcoins rally experienced a temporary pause on Sunday as it briefly
The United Nations climate chief has warned governments against “blowing up” current climate negotiations, where a decision on a crucial motion on fossil fuels hangs in the balance with just 24 hours left on the clock. A resolution to “phase out fossil fuels” has gathered traction at COP28 in Dubai like never before at a
Russia has become stronger as a result of the conflict in Ukraine – just as it did by defeating Hitler and Napoleon – its foreign minister has claimed. In a wide-ranging series of assertions, Sergei Lavrov said the “hybrid war” that the West is supposedly waging against Russia is based on “cancel culture”. He also
China and the Philippines are accusing each other of ramming their ships in the South China Sea. China fired a water cannon and rammed resupply vessels, the Philippine Coast Guard said. Video from the Philippine Coast Guard shows a Chinese Coast Guard vessel firing the cannon at a much smaller Philippine patrol vessel. But China’s
As the United Nations vote showed last night, Israel still has the backing of its most powerful ally, the United States, and the UK who chose to abstain. However, with 13 of the 15 members of the Security Council voting in favour of a ceasefire, and more than eighty other countries supporting it, the US
Starbucks has seen nearly $12 billion erased from its market value during the past month as sales reportedly have slowed amid tighter consumer wallets and growing labor strife — with some even speculating the chain has been hit by boycotts over the Israel-Gaza war. Investors have grown wary that consumers will splash out on a
Colorado officials say their plan to import cheaper medicines from Canada has been stymied by opposition from drugmakers and inaction by the Biden administration, according to a state report obtained by KFF Health News. The Dec. 1 report, prepared for the state legislature by Colorados Department of Health Care Policy & Financing, says that state
X boss Elon Musk called on Disney to “immediately” fire CEO Bob Iger on Thursday for allowing Mouse House ads to run on rival social media platforms that allegedly allowed child predators to target underage users. Musk’s escalated his feud with Iger — whom he told to “go f-ck yourself” last week after Disney pulled
Ratings agencyMoody’sslapped a downgrade warningon China’s credit rating on Tuesday,saying costs to bail out localgovernmentsand state firmsandcontrol itsproperty crisiswould weigh on the world’s No. 2 economy. The downgrade reflects growing evidence that authorities will have to provide more financial support for debt-laden local governments and state firms, posing broad risks to China’s fiscal, economic and
This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. Angela M. Du Bois, a retired software tester in Durham, North Carolina, wasnt looking to replace her UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan. She wasnt concerned as the Dec. 7 deadline approached for choosing another of the privately run health insurance alternatives to original Medicare.
An Oklahoma sheriffs commander has been charged with beating up a sex shop worker — in a rage over his partner wanting to buy a toy penis larger than his own manhood. David DeWitt, a Bentley-driving commander of the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, went to Christys Toy Box in Oklahoma City with a woman shortly
Loading… Loading… Speaking at BenzingasFintech Deal Day event in New York in November, panelists discussed data-driven decision-making and risk management in FinTech. Andr Beganski, a journalist at Decrypt Media, moderated the discussion, which featured panelists Antonio Goncalves from Devexperts and dxFeed, Paul Fahey of Northern Trust Asset Servicing, and Traci Mabrey from Dow Jones. Fahey
Loading… Loading… Moodys Corporation, the ratings agency and research firm, has become the first financial services company to leverage the power of Generative AI (GenAI) to launch a customer research platform that it says will save users hours every day. The company announced on Tuesday the launch of Moodys Research Assistant, a first-of-its-kind search and
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